Alicia San José
Research Nurse
sanjose(ELIMINAR)@clinic.ub.es
She holds a nursing degree and a degree in translation and interpreting from the University of Valladolid. She takes part in the following lines as a research nurse: Acute respiratory distress syndrome and acute lung injury (ARDS-ALI), ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP), noninvasive ventilation (NIV), animal model, and immunocompromised patients. She is also the study coordinator for 2 work packets (WP3 and WP4) of the European project Mastering of Hospital Antibiotic Resistance (MOSAR).
Her work involves administrative, clinical and laboratory tasks. As a research nurse, she plays a crucial liaison role between the different parties involved in each study: the pharmaceutical industry, hospital departments and the research personnel. She provides nursing care to the patients enrolled in the studies and supervises the research protocols. She prepares the documentation required to carry out the studies in the hospital, such as feasibility questionnaires and the approval of the ethics committee. She also takes part in recruiting patients and reviews their clinical records; she extracts and processes biological samples and organizes administration of medication. She then follows up both the patients and the samples.
A research nurse plays a vital role in a research team and provides a transversal service that provides support to the entire team. Because research nurses are the liaison between the main heads of a study, they must have communication skills and considerable organizational ability.
A research nurse plays a vital and transversal role in a research team